Welcome back to "Backhanded Box Quotes," a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic, Amazon and elsewhere.

This week's Backhanded Box Quotes concern a game that needs no introduction: Madden NFL 13, which has somehow managed to sell a zillion copies the past eight years despite not having anything good said about it by the people who still buy it every year.

Madden NFL 13

Released: Aug. 28

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Critic: yayonaize (Metacritic)
• "The no fun league has transcended into a video game form."

Score: 0.

Critic: Hooky586 (Metacritic)
• "There are several uniform mistakes throughout the game. For instance when have your seen the Bears wear orange pants?"

Score: 0.

Critic: Skaterpunk444 (Metacritic)
• "I literally spent 2 days of playing this game ONLY PUNTS/KICKOFFS AND BLOCKING FIELD GOALS... in till I decided to end my relationship with this game."